What are the responsibilities and job description for the Talent & Engagement Manager position at Habitat Charlotte Region?
Mission-Driven Career Opportunity
One of the leading affordable housing nonprofits in the area, Habitat Charlotte Region partners with hundreds of families each year through affordable homeownership, home preservation and financial literacy training. As a Talent Management Specialist, you’ll play an integral role in our vision of a world where everyone has a safe and affordable place to live.
Why Join Habitat?
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Industry-leading healthcare, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent care)
- Work/life balance supported by generous PTO
- Career development and promotion opportunities
- Casual working environment
- Retirement planning a 403(b) with 3% organizational match
Position Purpose
The Talent and Engagement Manager is responsible for attracting, onboarding, and engaging talent across the organization. This role ensures a strong candidate experience, supports leaders in employee development, and advances engagement initiatives that strengthen culture and retention.
This position connects talent acquisition and employee experience, ensuring employees are supported from recruitment through onboarding and beyond.
Essential Functions:
Talent Acquisition
- Support recruiting hiring managers (job postings, coordination, offers)
- Manage candidate experience from offer through onboarding
- Track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, candidate pipeline, quality of hire)
Onboarding & Employee Experience
- Design and deliver onboarding programs for new hires
- Ensure smooth transition from candidate to employee (systems, communication, readiness)
- Partner with managers to support early employee success
Engagement & Culture
- Lead employee engagement initiatives and programs
- Support engagement surveys, analysis, and action planning
- Plan and coordinate recognition programs and culture-building activities
Learning & Development (L&D) Support
- Coordinate training programs and leadership development initiatives
- Support facilitation, logistics, and tracking of learning activities
- Partner with Director of People & Culture (DPC) on development priorities
Workforce & Talent Insights
- Track and report on hiring and engagement trends
- Identify opportunities to improve retention and employee experience
- Support workforce planning discussions with DPC
- Track and report on hiring and engagement trends
- Identify opportunities to improve retention and employee experience
- Support workforce planning discussions with DPC
Required Skills and Experience
- 5-10 years of experience in recruiting, HR coordination, or talent development
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) with the ability to collaborate across functions
- Experience using HRIS and ATS systems (Paycom preferred)
- Experience managing and supporting full-cycle recruiting preferred
- Experience supporting onboarding, engagement, or L&D programs
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field (preferred)
Work Environment
This position requires working primarily indoors in an office setting. Hybrid work arrangement requires 60% in-office.
Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region program funding often includes federal funding and this role may support federally funded activities. People qualifying as Section 3 residents per Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C § 1701u) and its associated regulations (24 C.F.R. Part 75) are encouraged to apply. Information on Section 3 qualifications and certification material available upon request.
Salary : $30 - $34